Author: Larson Thebe
The South African football fraternity continues to mourn Amazulu striker Bonginkosi Ntuli, who sadly passed away at a Pietermaritzburg hospital on Sunday aged 32. The heartbreaking and shocking news were confirmed by the Durban club on their official X account, revealing that the striker had only been ill for a short period of time after he was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. Ntuli will be laid to rest on Thursday. “The funeral service for our dearly loved Bonginkosi Ntuli will be held at The African Congregational Church in Cliffdale on Thursday, the 9th of November from 10am,”…
The case of rape, assault and attempted murder against TV presenter and musician, Molemo Maarohanye, popularly known as Jub Jub, has been postponed to 11 December by the Johannesburg Magistrates Court. Jub Jub handed himself over to the police in July, after a warrant of arrest was issued for incidents that allegedly took place in 2006 and 2009. Magistrate Betty Khumalo postponed the matter to allow further consultation between Maarohanye’s legal representative and the state prosecutor. “This matter is remanded to 11 December at 08:30am. Your bail is extended and you’re warned to be back in court on the said date.…
The case against two suspects arrested in connection with the break-in at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm has been postponed until Friday 10 November, by the Bela Bela Magistrates Court in Limpopo. Froliana Josephand and Imanuwela David together with other unknown accomplices, are accused of breaking into the president farm in 2020 and stole $580 000, which is about R10 million at the current exchange rate. The suspects aged 30 and 39 were arrested on Sunday and Monday, in Rustenburg and Bela Bela respectively. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson in Limpopo, Mashudu Malabi-Dzhangi, said the suspects are facing several charges. …
The heads of all major UN agencies have issued a joint statement calling for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” saying “enough is enough”. “For almost a month, the world has been watching the unfolding situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory in shock and horror at the spiralling numbers of lives lost and torn apart,” the UN bosses say. The heads of organisation including UNICEF, the WHO, the World Food Programme – as well as charities such as Save the Children – described the “horrific” loss of life on both sides, and demand the unconditional release of hostages taken by Hamas during…
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said it is unacceptable that Eskom has lost 17 300 megawatts due to outages, that resulted in the return of load shedding since last week. He said this is reversing most of the positive gains made by the utility in the past, to keep the loss at 14 500 megawatts as a benchmark. Ramokgopa was briefing the media in Pretoria about the government’s Energy Action Plan. “We have received about 17 500 megawatts of electricity loss, and that is significant on many accounts. It undermines the positive trajectory that we’ve been having since last month that there’s improvement on…
More than 250 people have been left homeless after a fire ravaged 45 shacks at the Plastic View informal settlement, east of Pretoria. According to the spokesperson of the Tshwane Emergency Services, Charles Mabaso, their officers arrived on the scene after 4pm and found multiple shacks on fire, they immediately started firefighting operations to prevent the spread of the fire. “One patient was treated and transported for smoke inhalation and moderate injuries. Three were treated for minor injuries on the scene but refused transport to a medical facility. Two-hundred and fifty people lost shelter and personal belongings because of the fire,”…
President Cyril Ramaphosa said it is time for the African continent to produce and refine its own materials, instead of exporting it to other countries. Ramaphosa was delivering a keynote address at the 20th African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in Nasrec, south of Johannesburg. AGOA is a unilateral trade preference scheme that provides qualifying Sub-Saharan African countries with duty-free, quota-free access into the United States market, but only provided to countries that meet democratic conditions. “Africa is an important source of critical raw materials, but we do not want to be defined as simply producers of commodities. Gone should be…
The Springboks double World Cup winning Captain, Siya Kolisi, has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet to use the team’s victory as a catalyst to unify the country. Kolisi was speaking at the Union Buildings, Pretoria, during the start of the team’s Webb Ellis Trophy, where he was received by Ramaphosa and some of the cabinet ministers. “We need to use our diversity a bit more, it’s a powerful force that a lot of countries don’t have that we have and can use very brightly. Coming from different backgrounds and areas, we all see different life challenges and we see…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has warned that the government’s debt will exceed the R6 trillion mark by 2025/26. He also highlighted that the rising annual budget deficits have reached an extent where the government will borrow an average of R553 billion per year over the medium term. Godongwana revealed this today when he tabled the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in parliament today. “As a result, gross debt rises from R4.8 trillion in 2023/24 to R5.2 trillion in the next financial year and by 2025/26, it will exceed the R6 trillion mark. “We now expect gross government debt to stabilise…
Quinton de Kock smashed his fourth century of the 2023 World Cup and Rassie van der Dussen also hit a hundred as semi-finals-bound South Africa sealed a comprehensive 190-run victory over New Zealand on Wednesday for their sixth win in seven matches. New Zealand were left needing a rescue act after collapsing to 90 for 5 inside 19 overs while chasing 358, with only Will Young, who made 33, and Daryl Mitchell (24) offering any resistance, but South Africa did not relent and dismissed them for 167 in 35.3 overs. It means New Zealand, who began the tournament brilliantly, have…